A woman was killed in her house by unidentified miscreants at Burujhuri in the Beguniapada area of Ganjam district late on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Bijayalaxmi Nayak. She is survived by a minor son and daughter.
Her children had gone to Belapada for watching a play. The duo didn’t return home at night and stayed at a relative’s place.
While Bijayalaxmi was sleeping in her house alone, taking advantage of it, a group of people barged into the house and killed her, reports said.
The body was spotted in the morning. Getting information, police reached the spot along with a forensic team and started investigation. The motive behind the crime is yet to be ascertained. The incident has triggered shockwaves among the local residents.